The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 23, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7177. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1936, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS * PRICE TEN CENTS DEATHS RESULT F ROM COLD WEATHER F. D. R, SILENT REGARDING HIS BONUS ACTION Intimates Guessing He Will Veto Measure — New Taxes Being Talked WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.— Inti- mates of President Roosevelt today hazzarded a guess he would veto the bonus bill, but the President gave no hint of his attitude. He has ten days in which to act. Legislators are so confident the bill will pass over a veto, they are speculating on whether the Chief Executive will demand new taxes to finance payment. According to the lowest estimate, a billion dollars will be needed with~ in a few months if the bonus meas- ure becomes a law. AID AGREEMENT OF POWERS HIT BY MUSSOLINI + Duce Scores Assistance Pact and British | Fleet Activities GENEVA, Jan. 23.—Premier Mus- | solini carried the diplomatic contro- | versy over the war deeper into the | League of Nations council today by | Succeeds Schall Elmer A. Benson (above), state banking commissioner, was ap- pointed to the U. S. senate by Gov. Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota tc succeed Thomas D. Schall who died as a result of injuries suffered when he was struck by an automo- bile. (Associated Press Photo) MORGENTHAU T0 QUIT JOB, REPORT NOW May Become Confldentlal‘ |Republicans will be held here Feb- | Advisor to Roosevelt— Jones Boosted PRESIDENT’S MOTHER AT RECITAL REPUBLICANS IN FOURTH START }GAMPMGN DRIVE legg to Throw Support te Lester Gore of Ketchi- kan for Delegate FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 23— Che Fourth Division Alaska Repub- ican club is looking forward to the Vational and Territorial campaigns wnd fired the first gun at an en- husiastic meeting in Moose Hall lere in which 63 new members were nrolled and old officers were re- lected, inciuding Dr. H. A. Blythe, President, and Louis D. Colbert, Sec- etary. Judge Cecil H. Clegg, former Unit- 2d States District Judge in the Third Division now practicing law n Fairbanks, was asked to file as a sandidate in the April primary for Delegate to Congress, but he declin- °d, saying he would support Lester O. Gore, of Ketchikan, formerly U. 3. district judge at Nome. Fred Wann of Fairbanks said he would fine as a candidate for Ter- itorial Highway Engineer and Jul- an A. Hurley, lawyer, announced he | would file for the Territorial Sen- | ate. Oscar Samuelson of Bethel and IH Elton Buzby of Fairbanks already have filed for the House. | Andrew Nerland, Paul Rickert and lL(Juls Colbert, ali of Fairbanks, an- the Territorial House. The divisional convention of the to |ruary 1. | {nounced they would file for election | Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt (left), mother of the President, had a friendly chat with Mrs. Jascha Hei: movies, at a benefit recital by Heif Phote) fetz, formerly Florence Vidor of the ‘etz at New York. (Associated Press Pollucal Sklrmtsh Llnes Now Forming as Precinct ‘GITY LIBRARY PLAN OPPOSED BY JUNEAU C.C. Chamber Group Against Increasing Municipal Debt, Present Time The proposed new City Library program received its first setback at the hands of the Chamber of Commerce at the luncheon in the Terminal Cafe today. A motion was carried that the Chamber go on record in a statement to the City Council advising the Council {that the Chamber does not favor increasing the City's debt for any- | thing new at this time. This state- | ment does not apply to pending | matters such as the small boat | harbor, but only to “new” projects, it was explained. A motion was proposed by Harley ! J. Turner, and seconded by H. L. | Faulkner, that a statement be is- ! sued by the Chamber of Commerce |to the effect that no action be taken on the proposed PWA loan !and grant for a new City Library ! for at least a year because of the present indebtedness of the City George Explains Plan | wallis S. George of the com- bined City Council and Business and Professional Women's Libr: Committee, explained that applica- tion for the PWA loan and grant would be made primarily to secure the outright donation of 45 per cent of the entire cost of the proj- ect, and that it is the intention of the Library Committee to raise the remaining 55 per cent with- Lovellest Actress Jack Gardner, artist making por- traits of stars described blonde, blue-eyed Anita Louise (above) as Hollywood’s most beautiful actress, praising the “elusive, fragile qual ity” of her features. (Associated Press Photo) BETTER TIMES CONTESTANTS PILE UP VOTES Girls Are Reminded to Reg- ister at Once for Dinner at Terminal Friday With the Better Times Contest of- FRIGID WAVE IS SWEEPING OVER NATION Lives of Twenty-five Per- sons in Ten States Snuffed Qut SCHOOLS, FACTORIES FORCED TO SUSPEND Widespreadml;dships Pre- vail—Traffic Blocked or De-layed BULLETIN—Chicago, IlL, Jan. The death toll from the present severe cold wave reached 51 up to 2 o'clock this afternoon, according to official Associated Press reports received here. CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 23— The worst frigid wave of many seasons swept down suddenly from the Northwest on the wings of a gale and snuffed out the lives of nearly 25 persons in ten states. The weather bureau forecasts held out little hope for immediate relief. Wide Section Hit The Great Midwest belt and north eastern sections bore the brunt of the sub-zero wave. The freakish frigidity closed fac- tories and schools and halted auto- mobile traffic, blocked or delayed ral) transportation, broke innumer- able plate glass windows and caused widespread hardships. Many Fires Innumerable fires have been re- striking out against the five-power WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Demo- ported and hundreds of traffic acci- ) out increasing the City's indebted- ® Jtalian alliance. It was further re- Treasury » o mutual aid agreement and the Brit- crats in Congress are reported to ish naval maneuvers in the Mediter- ranean. A spokesman for Il Duce said that the Ttalian leader would protest the mutual assistance pact as an anti- ported that he is ready to criticize the concentration of English war- ships near the scene of the fighting. A new committee has been called by the League to consider the oil| embargo. Reports received here from the war frontiers carried conflicting news. Italian victories were vigorously de- nied by Ethiopian sources. FIGHTING REPORTED GENEVA, Jan. 23. — Stimulated | fighting in Northern Ethiopia is re- | ported in official communiques from | both the Italian and Ethiopian Gov- | ernments. ‘ The Italian message said a Fascist | division is engaged in brisk flgh!lng‘ and the Ethiopian announcement | claimed several thousand ILallansw have been killed. Indications are that fighting xs} have heard from apparently authen- tic sources that Jesse Jones, Recon- struction Finance Corporation, will become Secretary of Treasury. Henry Morgenthau is to resign the Secretaryship, according | to the reports, and become confi- | dential advisor to President Roose- velt, a post similar to that held by Col. Edward M. House during the Wilson Admlmstmuon MEN CHARGED WITH MURDER SHOOT SELVES. |Bank Robbers Who Killed! Teller Suicide as Police Break Down Door VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 23— HOUSE GROUP | “Sp(ul(’ Work” Is Startin REJECTSPLAN Tometre ON NEUTRALITY T Fary {Proposal to Exempt Italy| and Ethiopia from New Bill Turned Down WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.— The | House Foreign Affairs wmmmee to- |day turned down the proposal that the Administration’s permanent neu- trality bill be made inapplicable to Italy and Ethiopia. The proposal has tbeen urged in some quarters on grounds the rules should not be \changed in the middle of the game, contending the present regulations |as to Italy and Ethiopia remain in- v minor amendments are to be considered tomorrow before sending semewhere west of Makale in Lhe?—r‘m men charged with murder in| Tembien region STOCK PRICES SURGE UPWARD FAST TRADING Aircrafts a;d_Mine Issues Lead Advance—New Highs Reached NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—Aircrafts and mine issues led a brisk forward thrust today in the Stock Market and many new highs for the last several years were recorded. Trad- ing was active. Gains from fractions to more than four points were scattered over a broad front. Today's close was strong. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 17%, American Can 127%, American Power and Light 9%, Anaconda 30%, Bethlehem Steel 527, Curtiss-Wright 4%, General Motors 56, International Harvester 59'¢, Kennecott 31%, United States Steel 49, Southern Railway 15%, Cities Service 4%, Pound $4.96%, Bremner 17 at 25, DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 146.97, rails 44.42, utilities 31.24. R HEBERT RETURNS L. F. Hebert, broker with his head- quarters in Juneau, arrived from Southeast Alaska ports aboard the Alaska. 'a bank robbery, shot themselves | | fatally Wednesday night in a room- | ing house as heavily-armed pohcc- men battered down the door their room. The dead are George Lawson, 35, who died a few minutes after the| police broke into his room, and | Jack Hyslop, 23, who died in the hospital a few hours later without | regaining consciousness. The men were charged with murder in the shooting of William Hobbs, bank teller, January 15, during their robbery of a branch of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce. Hobbs died the next day. A third man, Charles Russell, was arrested several days ago. A coroners’ jury found him responsi- ble for firing the fatal shot. Hyslop and Lawson were accus- ed of being his accomplices. Sev- eral others, including two women, are held in connection with the robbery and shooting. FRANK SIMONDS DIES IN HOME WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Frank H. Simonds, 58, noted journalist, au- thor, and student of foreign af- fairs, died in his home here after several days’ illness. e Cordova Man [s to Wed SeattleWoman MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Jan. 23. —A marriage license has been issued here to Richard S. Davis, of Cordova, Alaska, and Gale F. Bearance, of Seattle, the measure lo lhc House floor. FRIGTIUN OVER FARM PROGRAM iRepublicansRefuse to Serve | on Sub-committee, Study Soil Conservation new farm program developed in the Senate agricultural committee today | when Republicans refused to serve on the sub-committee to study the soil conservation plan. Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina reluctantly accepted the ghairmanship. FORESTRY MEN TO CRUISE CHICHAGOF Charles H. Forward, Forest Exam- iner for the Forest Service, left on the Roedda for Sitka, where he wiil join the launch Ranger IX. Forward and District Ranger W. A. Chipper- field will cruise timber for the Chi- chagof and Hirst-Chichagof mining companies, and then will inspect tim- ber sales in the Hoonah section. They will return ¢o Juneau within ten days. e~ BEER HALLS CLOSE IN KETCHIKAN, 2 AM. Beer halls in Ketchikan will re- main open until 2 o'clock in the morning according to action of the City Council. The proposal to close at 1 am. was knocked out. | | | | | [ i | WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The threat that Dr. F. E. Townsend would attempt an independent party on behalf of $200 a month pensions for persons over 60 was removed last night by Townsend himself. He assailed but said the s, instead, would “dedicate themselves to the task of taking absolute charge of both.” The decision was reached “particularly in view of the fact that it would be impossible for a new party to get a ticket on the ballot in b many States.” MEN, WOMEN BANDITS PULL OFF ROBBERY| IN U, S, SENATE Peymastct Robbed of $18- in Boston Jan. 23.— Three up BOSTON, Mass., |men, accompanied by women, tr forenoon robbed a United Drug Company paymaster of $18,000 on WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.— Serious | the fourth floor of the company's friction over the Admimslratmnql building, commandeered an elevator | to the first floor and made their es- cape in an automobile. A girl employe was wounded aner the robbery when a police rifle was dLschz\rgerl flcciden'.ally BODY OF RULER LIES IN STATE Funetal Services for King George Scheduled for Next Tuesday LONDON, Jan. 23—King George V of England came home in death today for the last rites in the capital, followed sorrowfully by his eldest son, now Edward VIII, new king of the British Empire. The body was brought the 100 miles from Sandringham to lay in state in Westminster hall until Mon- day night. Funeral services are set for Tuesday. By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) With so many first-magnitude political bombs bursting in the air, major public attention ha$ been diverted from the more laborious | and perhaps more important spade- | and-bayonet work down in the trenches. It remains true in politics, as in | war, that while spectacular aerial }domon.m'zmons may contribute to ‘victory, it is the infantry which {must be relied upon to take and |hold ground, and the infantry of politics is going into q,clion | Back in the home precincts, up through the county and State or. ganizations, the skirmish lines are forming and are trying to advance. The national managers and those }who wspire to be national managers |are poring over maps and large- | scale plans of operation. | Not much news about the inner working of political parties ever reaches the public, yet these opera- tions are vital. It is tedious, sus- tained, detailed organization effort | which delivers the voters at the | polls, and it is votes which win elections. DEMOCRATS HAVE EDGE At this stage, the Democrats un- questionably have the edge so far |as organization alone is concerned. They start with a hold-over na- |nonal set-up which won a sweep- ing victory four years ago. They (age which is so powerful an influ- know, or at least think they know, iwho their candidate will be. However important they may be | otherwise, the defections from Mr. !Roosevelt have not cut appreciably; |into the official party inner circles. \The National Committee is doml- ‘naLed completely by Roosevelt men. One other | worthy of notice. Conciliation of large city Democratic ma-| chines, which were suspected of | luke-warmness four years ago, has| man Farley. No one seems to doubt An evidence appeared during the recent meeting of the National Committee when Frank Hague, who offered the resolution warmly com- mending the Roosevelt Administra- tion. Four years ago, Hague was Al Smith's floor manager at the | Chicago convention, and he openly declared candidate Roosevelt never could win the election and must not be nominated. The always unpredictable Tam- many may be an exception, but by and large Farley seems to have done his organizing pretty thor- oughly. (Continued on Page Two) are in office, and have the patron- ence in political organization. They circumstance seems |been a prime. objective of Chair-| IN WESTMINSTER |that he has made much progress.| controls the party in New Jersey,! ness, whereupon Mr. Turner with- drew his motion. A new motion, stating the Cham. ber does not favor increasing the City’s debt for any “new” project, was proposed by Mr. Faulkner, and carried with several dissenting votes. A new library building would result in increased plant overhead, he said. Mr. Faulkner stated that if the city requires further library facil- ities, the proposed plan of utiliz- ing the Uptown Theatre would be the most practical project at the present time. Thinks Salaries More Important Mr. Faulkner said he did not want to be understood as saying that the city should not have a new library, but that he considers increasing the salaries of publi¢ school teachers much more im- portant. The Juneau public school system has some very high class instructers who are paid barely enough for actual living expenses, he said. M. S. Whittier supported Mr. Faulkner's proposal to increase the salaries of Juneau school teach- ers, and A. E. Karnes, Commis- sioner of Education, stated the Government pays $70 of every $100 increase in wages to school teach- ers, limiting the added expense (Connnued on Pnge Two) SHEELY FIRM IN ORDERS T0 Demands that Only Indus- trious Settlers Re- main on Project PALMER, Alaska, Jan. 23.—Ross L. Sheely, manager of the Mata- nuska Colony, is standing firm in his demand that only industfious settlers be allowed to remain on the project. Most of the colonists have readily complied with his demand that as much land as possible be cleared on each 40-acre plot by spring. Sheely has on hand many appli- cations from the States to take the place of any leaving, so all leaving can readily be replaced by others more ambitious. Sheely said, however, that he had been misunderstood on his report- ed demand that at least 10 acres | be slashed by spring. He said he demanded that “as much land as | possible” be slashed, explaining that the amount would vary widely with the nature of the land, since some might be able to clear more than ten acres, others much less. All, however, forth their best efforts. MATANUSKANS ficially launched, and votes already beginning to stack up in consider- able amounts, contestants are re- minded that tomorow noon is the last hour to make reservations for the Pep Drive dinner to be held Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock in the Ter- minal Cafe. At thsi time, the girls of the Bet- ter Times Contest will be the dinner guests of The Daily Alaska Empire and the Juneau merchants and will receive further instructions in the management of their campaigns. Girls planning to attend the dinner are invited to telephone Miss Lo Verne Wilson at 602 between 9 and 11 p.m. this evening or tomorow morning before noon. Votes Rain Down A much greater deluge of votes than was anticipated so early in the contest is filling the ballot boxes al- most as fast as they can be emptied Girls are reminded that the one with the highest standing on Saturday, February 1, will receive from C. D. Beale, manager, a two weeks' pass to the Capitol Theatre Meeting Postponed The meeting of the Merchants’ Committee of the Beiter Times Drive was postponed until tomorow noon because of the Chamber of Com- merce today. The committee will meet at noon sharp tomorrow in the Terminal Cafe. It is possible that slight changes in the rules of the local contest may be made at that time, .. Comvict Tells of Murdering Mary Stammer Determined “to Get One of the Family,” Confesed Slayer Tells Sheriff FRESNO, Cal, Jan. 23.—A parol- | ed convict, Elton Stone, 30, is held | as the confessed slayer of Mary Lou- ise Stammaer, 18, daughter of a weal- | thy PFresno atforney, on November 4. Stone told Sheriff George Over- holt that he was determined “to get one of the family.” The cause of his bitterness against the family is not revealed. The prisoner was removed to Fol- son prison to prevent any lynching attempts. Miss Stammer was found dead be- fore the fireside of her home after having been brutally attacked and beaten. Previous search for her as- sailant had proved unavailing. - TIIA\FLIV(; MEN COMING H. B. Crewson, merchandise brok- er; F. L. Fiske, American Radiator Company representative, and I. A, Thatcher, of Hunt and Mottet, were passengers from Seattle to Ketchi- will be required to put|kan on the Alaska. They will come to Juneau on the next steamer, dents. The weather brought higher prices in grain and livestock mar- kets. Birds and beasts are suffering in- tensely. Ch o River Frozen The Ch 0 River is frozen over for the first time in 24 years. Rural mail deliveries have been stoped in many states. PLANE IN DIFFICULTY NEWARK, N. J, Jan. 23.—Owing lo the extreme cold wave prevailing 1 United Airline’s plane circled over he landing field here for more than ne hour this morning before making the hazardous landing with eight passengers. A frozen stabilizer and adjustment control caused the dif- ficulty. The pilot is said to have made a most sensational but safe landing. RUSSIA SCORES WARLIKE STAND OF 3 NATIONS Litvinoff Demands Uruguay Explain Breaking of Relations GENEVA, Jan. 23.—A sharp battle over Communist and Fascist foreign policies and the right of a South American republic to break off dip- lomatic relations with Russia broke out today in the League of Nations Council. Maxim Litvinoff, Foreign Com- missar of Russia, declared Japan, Italy and another European state are fostering aggressive policies of the “utmost danger to world peace.” Litvinoff also demanded that Uru- guay explain to the League exactly why she broke off relations with the Soviet Union on the grounds that the Moscow government was fostering Communistic d(.u\mcs LABOR STRIFE IS INDICATED MIAMI, Florida, Jan. 23— The Executive Committee of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor has com- manded the John Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization to im- mediately dissolve and cease to func- tion. This is said to be the climax between organized labor and the United Mine Workers. - ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEA Paul Vuitch, charged with disor- derly conduct for assertedly accost- ing young girls, entered a plea of not guilty late yesterday before Com- missioner Grover C. Winn, and case was continued until Monday.